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Jan. 30th, 2006 09:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I did my federal taxes this weekend. Oh what a difference having a mortgage for a full year can make. My refund is almost double what it was last year. I'll be able to pay for exciting things like:
-my car insurance in April
-my car tax in May
-getting my dog's teeth cleaned
*sigh* This is what it means to be an adult. You get a chunk of money and you spend it on things like that. Maybe I'll reserve a semi-fun thing for the rest of the money and have my hair person do lowlights on my hair again. I haven't done that in a long time, what with my extreme lack of disposable income.
-my car insurance in April
-my car tax in May
-getting my dog's teeth cleaned
*sigh* This is what it means to be an adult. You get a chunk of money and you spend it on things like that. Maybe I'll reserve a semi-fun thing for the rest of the money and have my hair person do lowlights on my hair again. I haven't done that in a long time, what with my extreme lack of disposable income.
*sigh*
Date: 2006-01-30 04:13 pm (UTC)Re: *sigh*
Date: 2006-01-30 04:48 pm (UTC)Re: *sigh*
Date: 2006-01-31 02:21 pm (UTC)I guess it's just the Canadian way. I think it would be nice, in that it might make home ownership possible for more people who are just on the cusp of being able to afford it, but I guess I can see both sides of it.
Not that I still wouldn't love a large refund at tax time... but that really doesn't seem likely, given my untaxed freelance earnings, which I always just hope to balance out with my sad little pile of deductions (registered retirement plan contributions, charitable donations and this year, for the first time in a while, education costs!)
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Date: 2006-01-30 04:32 pm (UTC)congrats on being an adult?
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Date: 2006-01-30 04:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-30 04:37 pm (UTC)Of course whatever we get back just goes to pay off the bills for upcoming kiddo #2, AKA Kermit. So... not very exciting on this front either. Blar.
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Date: 2006-01-30 04:52 pm (UTC)